I assume that when you say fully patched and updated, you mean you are
using OE version 5.
If you load OUTLOOK from your Office 97 CD, then you would:
1. Take a step backwards in reliability and stability (I've used both the
CD version and the free download. Both would crash and burn every 2-3
weeks.)
2. Gain a calendar system that is not intuitive and is highly cumbersome
to deal with.
3. Change your current address book into a more complicated version than
you have now.
4. Gain a ToDo/NOTE system that is unproductive and (IMHO) worthless.
5. But you DO get to have double software installed since Outlook does not
have it's own newsgroup module -- it must use OE to access newsgroups.
6. AND you would have the option to use Word as your email composer (I
don't know why you would want that, but it is an option).
Jim Meagher
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----- Original Message -----
From: Rick Glazier <[log in to unmask]>
> I use OutLook Express, fully patched, updated last week.
> What would I GAIN by switching to the OutLook that came
> with my Office97pro? It must be OutLook97?
> I have never installed it, so I can't tell what I am
> missing or even what it is... I think? I missed it
> in Office95 Standard, too... Just never bothered.
> I am only interested in the e-mail features.
> I recently saw it briefly on another computer, and
> know there are other features I don't want or need.
> How much do I gain in just e-mail -- multiple ISP accounts,
> multiple POP3 and smtp account handling.
> I already have the problem of doing a "send with a certain
> account" when sending mail... I think that is possibly
> one very important advantage I MIGHT? get...
> Are there more? Thanks for any info...
> If I put it "in" - take it out - will it be easy to
> "get back" to what I have now (as a default re-install)?
> If you are not sure about that last part, please answer
> the first part anyway as a separate question.
> Rick Glazier
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